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It is 145 years today since Freeman Wills Crofts was born.
Freeman Wills Crofts was born in Dublin, Ireland, as the son of a British army surgeon who died when Croft was still young. Because his mother then married an archdeacon, Croft was brought up in a deeply religious home. He studied engineering, and at the age of seventeen he became an apprentice at the Belfast and Northern Counties Railway where he stayed until 1929 when he left for health...
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Roslund, Anders
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Nils Anders Micael Roslund grew up in the county of Scania, Sweden. He lived from time to time at the home of his...
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Osman, Richard
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Richard Osman is an English comedian, TV-personality and programme presenter who made his international writing...
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Roberts, Nora
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The American author Nora Roberts was born as Eleanor Marie Robertson in Silver Spring, Maryland. She grew up as the only...
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American author who has become known for his thrillers with their atmosphere of horror about the doctor, psychopath and...
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